THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1930.
THE HUSBAND HUNTER
BY
RUTH DEWEY GROVES
CHAPTER XLVI.
His lips set tight in resolve on that subject. They drove back home without further discussion of Bobby, though the little boy was uppermost in the minds of both.
Phillipa's tones as she talked with Alan by telephone, quick ly changed from imperiousness to their former gentle meekness. His gruffness startled and alarmed het.
Phillips, misled by Alan's si- She was furious because she was lence into thinking she had made compelled to resort to the role she had thought she could abandon, a good start toward bringing Alan to her own view of the Bituu- but she trusted it to disarm Alan, tion, decided to institute a cam- and it did. He told her he was paign to discourage him from ge sorry to be late, that he would being through with the adoption. up shortly.
And Alan made up his mind to He had no desire to quarrel with any nothing about his plans to Phil Phillipa, he told himself, settled lipa. He felt guilty over his de- dejectedly in a seat on the traincision, but he had told her plainly She was wonderful all through everything. Wonderful with Bobby wonderful to him.
His brows creased a Hittle over his thoughts. Bobby didn't seem to like Phillipa, but he was a polite little beggar, he behaved well. "He will get over it. Probably resents Phillipa's authority with some childish idea that she's taken his mother's place by force."
how he felt toward Bobby, and he sensed that she meant to oppose him. He dreaded the undercover! methods he feared she'd employ- the constant harping on the wrongs of his side of the question, and the unending flaunting of her rights.
He
He knew she could make him feel like a selfish monster, and he didn't want to feel that way. wanted to be happy in the thought Alan was feeling very tender of having little, Bobby as his own, toward Phillipa when he reached legally in teaching him to say Westchester, very deliberately ten-"Daddy."
der, Was he going to be a weak- With a flare of resentment to- ling and live in the dead past, or ward all women, he declared-to would he, denied happiness him- himself-that he had a right to a self, provide as much of it as he little happiness at least. He would could for those who would sharu his future?
not
go ahead with his plans, and keep: his mouth shut!
Thinking it over that night, aft-
He bought flowers to take Phil. lipa, and if they were to him infer a somewhat cool parting with the nature of a funeral offering Phillipa, he began to wonder about for his buried hopes, he was deter- mined that Phillipa ́should know it.
Phillipa accepted the flowers with gratifying appreciation. But she guessed they were meant to satisfy Rome conscience or soul impulse of Alan's. She looked at him through narrowed eyelids. What had hap. pened?
She saw that she should not ask; but there was that in his face that indicated a coming revelation of some kind. She waited, and made him as comfortable as she could.
Through the dinner Alan was si. lent. Phillipa let him alone, but later, when they were in the car, she grew impatient.
her. Perhaps it was 'natural for a girl to want a chance to have children of her own before adopt- ing any other, but Phillipa had seemed to love Bobby. And the poor little shaver-without a re- lative in the world. Why, any wo- man, with a mother's heart, would want him!
Alan was not certain he had seen Phillipa push the boy's hands away from her when he wanted to go with them as they were leaving the house. but he
remembered the sharpness of her voice as she said. "It's time for you to be in bed; run along.".
That. "Please take me wiv you." coming in. a pitifully plead- "Did you have a hard day ating voice still echoed in his ears. Nellie's Bulky: "He won't sleep the office?" she asked, as an open-
remembered ing for his confidence. "You look anyway, miss," he tired."
"Phillipa, Alan said abruptly. "do you realize that when you ac cept me, you have to take Bobby as well? You're fond of the little fellow, aren't you?"
to take
Phillipa wondered if he asked be cause she had refused Bobby on the
too. But Phillipa had been firm.
"And I didn't go up to say when we got good night to him back," Alan reproached himself.
He awake the next morning in a. bad humour. He would see his lawyer at once.
Phillipa telephoned while he was at breakfast, to say she was drive with them.eaming down to do some shopping "Why, of course I am," she res- and that she wanted him to lunch pouded promptly. "And naturally with her. Her voice was sweetly I know that you're his guardian." conxing.
Alan turned his head for an in- stant and looked at her. "Didn't I ever tell you that I'm going to adopt him?" he asked.
"No," Phillipa said sharply. then: "I thought you were going to put him in a school."
Would it make any difference to you if I adopt him?" Alan quek- tioned.
Alan was seized with a desire
to find out just how sincere she was. "I can't see you," he said brisky, "I have an appointment with my, lawyer."
"With your lawyer?" Phillipa repeated uneasily.
"Yes; I'm going to adopt Bobby as soon as possible," Alan an- swered.
Phillipa hesitated. She didn't
He heard a smothered gasp, andį like his mood, but she had to take.
a bang as the telephone receiver a stand now or never, and she cer tainly wasn't going to have him was slammed in place. adopt the kid."
*
A little later, when
Phillipa
"Well," she said slowly, "You know I told you once, Alan, that called again to try to undo what T'd like to have children of my
own."
If she expected to stir him, she was disappointed. "Bobby's just Ilke child of my own to me," Alan answered instantly.
"But not to me," Phillipa snapped back, before she could stop herself.
had her temper
done, Alan was on his way to to his office. to call There he found a memo the Lamont home. Well, he would when he had opened his mail. But before he had completed that task, a caller that made he received him forget Phillipa.
To be sure, he's a darling, and "You smell of the sea," he said to the tall young man whom he had just greeted with friendly warmth. "Off the boat this morn-¦ ing?".
all that, but why start that way, with an adopted child? You'd be Sorry when...".
up to
"I couldn't love any child any more than I do Bobby," Alan re-
"No, several days ago." "the torted. And the sooner I adopt young man answered. him, the better I'll like it."
"Your mother too?" "But I won't
." Phillipa "Yes, but she's gone stopped herself this time, but she Maine. I'm staying in the apart was on the verage of a furioush out-ment for a week or two. I want burst of temper. "You might have you to come up tonight, Alan." told me before," she said curtly. Alan considered. "Sorry, old "It's a lot to ask. You know that, man," he said finally. "I would don't you?"
"I suppose it is, Alan agreed, "but when I think of Bobby, I won- der how anyone could fail to want him."
"Oh, well," Phillipa hedged, "no giri wants to settle down with a ready-made family, but if it means ao much to you .....
have to duck an engagement, and I don't think I can." He hoped Geoffrey would accept his excuse, for he didn't want to talk about, Natalie, and he saw no way to escape it with Geoffrey Norman.
"Look here," Geoffrey said earn- catly, "I want to see you, Alan. It's important."
"I mew you'd come through," "Well, I'm not too busy to listen to you now, Alan suggested.
Alan: broke in enthusiastically.
Phillipa forwned, and jerked her "Fire away."
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abouldera. "I wish you would Geoffrey shook his head. "No," think it over a little more," she he said, "you must come up to said pettishly. "After all, you know, the apartment tonight. Sorry to after cautioning him not to forget "And that's what I've missed Phillipa glared at him and Alan, you've asked me to be your insist, but it's got to be that way their engagement, he put in the two trains for," Phillips stormed passed on. "If I don't watch out wife, and you haven't been any too if you're willing to
do a great call.
on her way upstairs to get her I'll be slapping his face," she thoughtful or considerate at times. favour for me.".
Phillipa answered, eager to be hat and bag. In the upper hall warned herself, as she snatched You ought to think of me as well Alan gave in. "All right," he pleasant, but Alan ignored her she came upon Bobby playing as Bobby."
said, "but I have to leave early." invitation to lunch with hef-he with some wooden Indians.
up the things she had earlier Alna was conscious that she He was thinking that he would had forgotten It-and
thrown on the bed. rather "Take those into the nursery," spoke the truth. He recalled how run up and say good night to coldly informed her that he would she said angrily; "and don't bring
She was leaving the house, he neglected her in the hope that Bobby to make up to the boy for not be up to the house for dinner. your toys into the hall again." when the telephone rang a second she would let him go. And per- his neglect of the night before. "I'll be up later to see Bobby; Bobby looked at her with mn- time. She flew to the instrument haps he was asking her to assume Thinking of Bobby reminded tell him, will you?" he added tiny, plain on his baby face. "But hopeful that Alan was calling, to too great a burden. But he him. he was asked to telephone thoughtlessly.
my mamá letted me," he said de- apologize, wouldn't give up Bobby!
Phillipa. As soon as Geoffrey left, Bobby Bobby! Bobby!
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(To Be Continued).
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